Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 105: Heavenly Ranking Expert

The Golden List mentioned by Gu Zhengyu is the world Go rating ranking list, which is the name given by Go fans, and there are further detailed names.

For example, the world's first to tenth are called the Heaven List, the world's eleventh to thirty-sixth are called the Earth List, the thirty-seventh to one hundredth are called the Human List, and below are just ordinary rankings without any special names.

"Li Junhe is still ranked first in the world ranking, but I think he's not doing well anymore. The gap between Jiang Mobai and him is now within five points. It feels like the top spot will change hands in just a few games.

An era is coming to an end. Back then, the great Lee Ji-hyo emerged and instantly brought the little-known Silla Go to the ranks of Go powerhouses. However, no matter how strong a person is, without successors, there will be no success. Silla Go will eventually return to its original place.

Having said that, Gu Zhengyu couldn't help but open the World Go Federation website on his mobile phone and took a look at the current real-time world Go ranking.

Li Junhe has reached the end of his strength, and his rating score has been in a clear downward trend. The Silla Go genius who once emerged out of nowhere has now gone to the sidelines and is facing a situation where there is no successor.

The second-ranked Go player in Silla is already ranked over 40th in the world, not even on the local rankings, and can only rank on the human rankings.

The other players are even worse, otherwise Silla would not be so desperate as to resort to such embarrassing tactics in the rookie competition.

"Time is like a sword that cuts down a prodigy. Big Li is almost thirty years old now. His control flow is too old-fashioned. He can no longer control it. It's obvious from the past few matches that his calculation ability has declined and he is no longer able to perform well."

"Alexander from America is currently ranked third, Teruto Kuroki from Japan is fourth, and Ethan, who's ranked fifth, is way too young, having only just turned eighteen."

Gu Zhengyu couldn't help but sigh that the gap between people was huge. People like him were still playing in the second-tier league in their twenties, while others who were only eighteen years old had already reached the fifth place in the world.

This is genius!

"Ethan Light Stone?"

Hearing this name, Yi Zheng couldn't help but ask a question. He had been paying attention to this American player since he entered the professional field.

One is that the opponent is not much older than himself but has already reached the top of the world ranking and has begun to convert his performance into results. He is the most popular candidate to become the world's number one in the future.

If I remember correctly, the last time I looked at the rating rankings, he was ranked eighth, but now he has actually reached fifth.

The upward momentum and speed can be said to be extremely fast and fierce.

And if Yi Zheng remembered correctly, this Ethan was the one who broke the defense of his final opponent Gui Wangda. At that time, Ethan was only ten years old, and he shattered Gui Wangda's professional dream in two sets in the final of the World Amateur Championship.

From then on, every time Gui Wangda saw the relevant news, he would collapse on the wall and mutter, "Ethan is here, another chess player is going to fail."

Gu Zhengyu nodded when he heard this: "Yes, this guy has already made it to the World Cup finals. In the finals, he will face Da Li. Regardless of whether he can win or not, his age and performance should be a gap in the current age group.

Many people already think he will be the world's number one in the future."

Upon hearing this, Yan Honglang agreed: "Indeed, at the age of 18, he has already reached this level of rank and even made it to the World Cup finals. How terrifying!

The other top players are all much older than him, right? Li is thirty, Jiang and Kuroki are twenty-five, and Alexander is twenty-nine. Even if he can outlast them, he'll outlast them all. It seems he's a lock to be world number one.

"But I guess he needs some time to settle down. Eighteen years old, maybe even a little older, nineteen years old, and the world's number one... that's terrifying! It's really a bit scary."

Gao Jingfeng had a slightly different opinion: "What's the big deal? Our country's three musketeers were all only sixteen or seventeen years old when they entered the Human Ranking and were already striving for the Earth Ranking. They have great potential. Maybe by the time they're eighteen, they can also strive for the Heaven Ranking. And we have three of them. No, that's more than three. The national team is becoming increasingly younger now. They are all the new wave of the new generation."

So winning first is not winning, but laughing last is winning."

Gao Jingfeng felt that his teammates were trying to boost others' morale and undermine his own prestige, but the other side was just more powerful now.

As the motherland of Go, China has not won the world's number one in recent years, but it is still very strong in overall development.

There are three people on the Heaven List, fourteen on the Earth List, and even more on the Human List, thirty-six people in total.

This is also why many people think that Chinese Go has depth. More than half of the top 100 Go players in the world are Chinese.

To put it bluntly, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. With the cultural heritage and population base here, as long as the economy does not have any problems, no matter how much it declines, it won't be too bad.

Yan Honglang was a little pessimistic: "I feel it's still difficult. These three people are inferior to that kid Amelika. Go is still a one-man army.

There weren't many people playing Silla Go until now, but Lee Jun Hyuk made it famous all by himself, and there has only been one champion."

Hearing this, Mr. Ke couldn't help but pick his nose as he listened to the others bragging about the American athlete. "What's so scary? I won the world championship when I was just over seventeen, and then quickly won three more world championships to become the world's number one when I was only eighteen."

Genius, anyone who can reach the top of the world is a genius.

There are gaps between geniuses!

"So relax, I don't think your talent is any worse than this guy's, not to mention me!

In a few years, I'll be able to defeat this American kid. There can only be one number one in the world! And that will be you, Hajiyi."

Listening to the big promises that Mr. Ke had painted for him, Yi Zheng just nodded. Even if he became the world's number one, that was a matter for the future. At least for now, there was a huge gap in strength between him and the other party.

At present, we are still focusing on playing well in the second-tier league, striving to play stably in the future, and steadily improving our strength.

A few of them walked out of the competition hall while chatting, preparing to take a taxi out to eat.

It seemed that this was not the first time that Gu Zhengyu and his friends came to Japan. They were very familiar with the place. Yi Zheng followed behind silently.

But as soon as they arrived at the hotel entrance, a group of men in black suits stopped the group who were about to leave the hotel.

Looking at the strong men who were obviously well-trained and ready for battle, and looked like gang members, Gu Zhengyu immediately prepared to call the team manager to solve the problem.

No, I know Japanese gangs are legal, but this is too lawless, isn't it? And in a high-end hotel!
"What are you doing? Why are you acting like a robber?"

As soon as Kuroki Ryuji came out of the bathroom, he saw his bodyguards stopping the people from Metropolitan Bank and quickly ran over.

I had to run over, because it looked like the other party was ready to call the police.

(End of this chapter)